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Hunter Biden
Published April 20, 2023 7:19pm EDT


IRS WHISTLEBLOWER IS 'NOT A POLITICAL PERSON,' HAS DOCUMENTS TO SUPPORT HUNTER
BIDEN ALLEGATIONS: ATTORNEY


MARK LYTLE, THE WHISTLEBLOWER'S ATTORNEY, SAYS HIS CLIENT BELIEVES STEPS IN THE
INVESTIGATION HAVE BEEN 'INFLUENCED BY POLITICS'


By Brooke Singman | Fox News

The lawyer for the IRS whistleblower alleging the Biden administration is
mishandling the federal investigation into Hunter Biden told Fox News on
Thursday that his client is "not a political person" and does not have a
"political agenda," but does have documents to support his allegations that he
hopes to bring to both congressional Democrats and Republicans.

WHITE HOUSE INSISTS NO 'POLITICAL INTERFERENCE' IN HUNTER BIDEN PROBE AFTER IRS
WHISTLEBLOWER COMES FORWARD

Mark Lytle, the whistleblower’s attorney, sat down for an interview with Fox
News’ Bret Baier on "Special Report" on Thursday evening, explaining his
client’s allegations.



"My client wants to come forward. He is not a political person, he is not a
social media person, he is not coming here with a political agenda," Lytle said,
adding that he has "been at the IRS for more than 10 years" as a special agent,
who is "trusted with international investigations." 

Hunter Biden's laptop was at the center of a Big Tech censorship campaign in
2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

"My client is a career law enforcement officer who is respected within the IRS
and he teaches other agents how to properly do investigations," Lytle continued.
"He knows when to spot when investigative steps aren't done in a traditional way
to get to the truth."

Lytle added: "He has spotted and observed things that are done differently in
this particular matter…and he wants to talk about them and he believes that they
were influenced by politics."



Hunter Biden’s attorney, Chris Clark, earlier Thursday said it appears Lytle’s
client "has committed a crime."

"It is a felony for an IRS agent to improperly disclose information about an
ongoing tax investigation," Clark said in a statement. "The IRS has incredible
power, and abusing that power by targeting, embarrassing, or disclosing
information about a private citizen’s tax matters undermines Americans’ faith in
the federal government."

President Biden and his son, Hunter Biden. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images)

Clark added: "Unfortunately, that is what has happened and is happening here in
an attempt to harm my client."



When asked for reaction, Lyle said it was "unfortunate that that statement was
made."

"My client wrestled with whether or not to come forward," Lytle said, adding he
had "sleepless nights. He decided he could not live with himself if he stayed
quiet and said nothing." 

HUNTER BIDEN INVESTIGATION BEING MISHANDLED, ‘CLEAR CONFLICTS OF INTEREST’: IRS
WHISTLEBLOWER



Lytle said his client "knows he is going to be attacked," but still "wants to
come forward and tell the truth," and instructed his legal team to "reach out to
both Republicans and Democrats on the Hill." 

Further, Lytle said Clark’s statement doesn’t "help whistleblowers as a whole,"
even as Congress has whistleblower programs in place to "shine a light" on
misconduct.

Lytle said he viewed Clark’s statement as threatening, and stressed it is
"unfortunate that that statement was made." 



Meanwhile, Lytle said he and his client have received outreach from
congressional committees, and that they are in a "positive" dialogue regarding
"what next steps to take." 

 The Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 18, 2022.
(Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Lytle stressed, though, that his client made clear that he wanted to deliver the
information to Congress in front of a bipartisan panel.

"One of the things my client insists on is that he only come in to talk to both
Democrats and Republicans," Lytle said. "And they can all ask him questions and
cross-examine him and he has documents that will support what he has to say." 



Lytle explained that due to tax secrecy and tax privacy laws, his client cannot
even share the information with his legal team.

"Congress can enable him to do that," Lytle said.

Lytle sent a letter Wednesday to top Republicans and Democrats on the House and
Senate Judiciary Committees, the Senate Finance Committee, and the House Ways
and Means Committee, saying that his client has "already made protected
disclosures internally at the IRS, through counsel to the U.S. Treasury
Inspector General for Tax Administration, and to the Department of Justice,
Office of Inspector General."



Lytle said the protected disclosures "contradict sworn testimony to Congress by
a senior political appointee" and involve "failure to mitigate clear conflicts
of interest in the ultimate disposition of the case."

IRS WHISTLEBLOWER CLAIMS HUNTER BIDEN INVESTIGATION IS BEING MISHANDLED: READ
THE LETTER

Lytle said his client has also detailed examples of "preferential treatment and
politics improperly infecting decisions and protocols that would normally be
followed by career law enforcement professionals in similar circumstances if the
subject were not politically connected."



Reports have suggested the senior political appointee could be in reference to
Attorney General Merrick Garland, and his testimony on Capitol Hill in March —
and last year — that stressed that U.S. Attorney for Delaware David Weiss can
conduct the Hunter Biden investigation independently.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland delivers remarks at the Department of
Justice. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

When pressed by Baier on whether he is referring to Garland, Lytle said he
"can’t talk specifics about who it was my client is talking about."

"But what I can say is a career law enforcement officer, who knows the right way
to do an investigation, when he hears a senior politically appointed official at
the Department of Justice under sworn testimony say something, and in his mind
it is directly contradictory to what he knows is going on with the investigation
— what he can prove with documents, he wants to come forward," Lytle said.



Lytle’s comments come after the White House on Thursday insisted there is no
"political interference" in the Hunter Biden investigation.

Hunter Biden appears in Los Angeles on Aug. 22, 2022. (BACKGRID USA)

"Since he took office and consistent with his campaign promise that he would
restore the independence of the Justice Department when it comes to
decision-making in criminal investigations, President Biden has made clear that
this matter would be handled independently by the Justice Department, under the
leadership of a U.S. Attorney appointed by former President Trump, free from any
political interference by the White House," White House spokesman Ian Sams told
Fox News Digital on Thursday.

"He has upheld that commitment," Sams added.



Hunter Biden has been under federal investigation since 2018. The federal
investigation into his "tax affairs" began amid the discovery of suspicious
activity reports (SARs) regarding funds from "China and other foreign nations."

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In 2020, it became known that the FBI had subpoenaed the laptop purportedly
belonging to Hunter Biden in the course of an existing money laundering
investigation.



Hunter Biden confirmed the investigation into his "tax affairs" in December
2020, after his father was elected president. The investigation is being led by
Trump-appointed Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss.

Brooke Singman is a Fox News Digital politics reporter. You can reach her at
Brooke.Singman@Fox.com or @BrookeSingman on Twitter.


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